PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rob Salek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Wiet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiet has chosen Mia - Paper Planes as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Salek
vs
Wiet

160 cm
25
137 lbs
10 - 23 - 0

172 cm
23
135 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Salek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Wiet!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wiet closes the distance and clinches.
Wiet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiet blocks an elbow strike.
Wiet scores with a knee to the head.
Wiet with a knee to the head.
Salek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but Salek blocks it.
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Salek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but Salek blocks it.
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Wiet avoids the elbow strike from Salek, against the cage.
Wiet with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Wiet manages to break the clinch.
Wiet tries to clinch up.
Wiet moves to clinch but Salek breaks away
and Salek counters with a straight right hand.

Wiet moves into range and clinches up with Salek.

Wiet breaks the clinch.
Wiet darts in trying to clinch
and Salek counters with a straight right hand.
Wiet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salek fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Wiet.
Salek misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiet tries to clinch up.
Salek shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wiet defends it nicely.
Mike Wiet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wiet circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wiet tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Salek holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Salek tries a knee to the head but Wiet blocks it.
Salek misses with a knee strike.
Wiet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wiet.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salek's face.
Salek trying to land knees to the body.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salek blocks it with crossed arms.
Salek missing with knees to the body.
Salek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Salek misses with a knee strike.
Wiet utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wiet looks gassed!
Wiet misses with a knee to the head.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salek blocks it with crossed arms.
Salek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but Salek blocks it.
Wiet tries to land a knee to the head but Salek blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Salek is working for takedown but Wiet is calmly controlling the position for now.
Salek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wiet unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the fighters up against the cage, Salek throws an elbow but misses.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but Salek blocks it.
Salek tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wiet smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rob Salek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wiet closes the distance but Salek moves to the side
and Salek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Salek misses with a head kick.

Wiet closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Wiet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wiet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Wiet moves into the clinch.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salek's face.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salek's face.

Wiet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiet connects with a high kick.
Wiet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wiet is looking to clinch but Salek is avoiding it.

Wiet gets a clinch.
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Wiet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiet throws a sloppy head kick
and Salek counters with an outside leg kick.

Wiet pushes Salek up against the cage in a clinch.
Salek tries to circle away but Wiet has him pinned against the cage.
Wiet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wiet scores with a knee to the head.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salek blocks it with crossed arms.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salek blocks it with crossed arms.

Wiet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salek finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Wiet moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiet with a knee to the head.
Salek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Salek tries to stall but Wiet uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wiet tries a knee to the head but Salek blocks it.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salek blocks it with crossed arms.
Wiet landing knees to the head.

Wiet manages to break the clinch.
Wiet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wiet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wiet tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Salek counters with a leg kick.
Wiet is looking to clinch.

Wiet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Wiet breaks the clinch.

Wiet has Salek up against the cage in a clinch.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salek blocks it with crossed arms.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wiet misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wiet.
Wiet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Salek can't get the takedown.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salek blocks it with crossed arms.
Salek takes a knee right on the jaw!

Wiet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Wiet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Salek, pushing him back against the cage.
Salek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salek's face.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salek's face.
Wiet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Wiet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salek cracks the inside of Wiet's front leg.
Salek swats away the attempt to clinch by Wiet.
Wiet tries to clinch up but Salek circles away and keeps his distance.

Wiet closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Salek wants to get back to striking at distance but Wiet won't allow it.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Salek is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Wiet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiet tries to clinch
and Salek counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mike Wiet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wiet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Nice elbow from Wiet.
Wiet with a knee to the head.

Wiet manages to break the clinch.
Wiet tries to close the distance and clinch but Salek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Wiet gets a clinch.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but Salek blocks it.

Wiet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salek misses with a takedown attempt - Wiet sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Wiet instigates a clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Salek tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wiet smiles and moves away.
Wiet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wiet tries to clinch but Salek moves out of range.

Wiet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Salek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Salek takes a knee right on the jaw!

Wiet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salek avoids the head kick by Wiet.
Wiet stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wiet wants it to stay on the feet.

Wiet instigates a clinch.

Wiet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Wiet moves into the clinch.
Wiet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Salek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Wiet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wiet plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wiet doesn't manage to clinch there - Salek circles away.

Wiet moves into range and clinches up with Salek.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wiet working Salek over with knees to the body.

Salek breaks from the clinch.
Salek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wiet tries to clinch there but Salek circles away.
Wiet tries to close the distance and clinch but Salek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Salek gets tackled into the cage by Wiet. Wiet maintains the clinch.
Salek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salek's face.
Wiet landing knees to the body.
Wiet lands a knee to the body.
Wiet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Salek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiet with a knee to the head.

Wiet manages to break the clinch.

Wiet moves into the clinch successfully.
Wiet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wiet looking to throw knees to the head but Salek is blocking nicely.
Wiet lands a knee to the head.
Wiet landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Salek misses with a knee strike.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salek blocks it with crossed arms.
Wiet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiet with a knee to the head.
Wiet tries to land a knee to the head but Salek blocks with his arms.

Wiet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salek throws the kick towards the body but Wiet avoids it.
Salek swats away the attempt to clinch by Wiet.
Salek swats away the attempt to clinch by Wiet.

Wiet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salek's face.
Wiet connects with a knee to the head.

Wiet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salek keeps the fight on the outside.
Salek tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wiet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Wiet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wiet has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Mike Wiet!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Mike Wiet!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Mike Wiet!

Mike Wiet wins by unanimous decision!